diff --git a/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile b/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile
index d8899f5a0a..866ccb635f 100644
--- a/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/wolfssl/Makefile
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ define Package/libwolfsslcpu-crypto
 $(call Package/libwolfssl/Default)
   TITLE:=wolfSSL library with AES CPU instructions
   PROVIDES:=libwolfssl libcyassl
-  DEPENDS:=@((aarch64||x86_64)&&(m||!TARGET_bcm27xx))
+  DEPENDS:=@((aarch64||x86_64||riscv64)&&(m||!TARGET_bcm27xx))
   ABI_VERSION:=$(PKG_ABI_VERSION)
   VARIANT:=cpu-crypto
 endef
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/libwolfsslcpu-crypto/description
 $(call Package/libwolfssl/description)
-This variant uses AES CPU instructions (Intel AESNI or ARMv8 Crypto Extension)
+This variant uses AES CPU instructions (Intel AESNI, ARMv8 Crypto Extension or RISC-V ASM)
 endef
 
 define Package/libwolfsslcpu-crypto/config
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ else ifdef CONFIG_aarch64
     Package/libwolfsslcpu-crypto/preinst=$(Package/libwolfsslcpu-crypto/preinst-aarch64)
 else ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_x86_64
 	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-intelasm
+else ifdef CONFIG_riscv64
+	CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-riscv-asm
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_WOLFSSL_HAS_OCSP),y)